Trafalgar Square Festival
Week 2, 14-16 August

Olympic Aspirations

Capturing the visionary spirit of the Olympics, fresh new artistic voices put sport and young people at the heart of the Festival.

Zoo Nation

With their current production "Into the Hoods" taking the West End by storm, the Festival has commissioned one of the capital’s hottest dance companies to create a new show which looks back to the last time London hosted the Olympic Games in 1948. Hip hop meets Lindy Hop in a high energy collision between the dance styles and post-war optimism of the 1940s and the cutting edge contemporary energy of London today.

Commissioned by: Trafalgar Square Festival.

Aqua

Capturing the drama and exhilaration of Olympic aquatic sports as well as the spirit of playful fun which is always associated with water, this newly created performance fuses contemporary circus, street theatre and breathtaking screen imagery. Inspired by great Olympic swimmers, Aqua will fuse sport and arts in visually stunning ways, whilst audiences dive into a watery world of freestyle, butterfly, relay, back stroke and synchronised swimming!

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